Hi COMALite J,

I think you may have misunderstood me. I 'do' want to hear "exactly" what I'm playing live (nothing more, nothing less): acoustic piano sound playing a specific (rootless) chord voicing style. I also 'do' in fact want to hear the auto accompaniment (upright bass) play a bass line that "does" include the root of the chord. My point is that if I (as the piano player) include playing the root of the chord in my chord voicing, that this would be in effect "duplicating" the root already played by the auto-accompaniment bass player and is considered a major "faux pas" when playing in the jazz idiom.

On the subject of "Just Intonation": This is certainly a fasinating subject, especially with the advent of synthesizer technology which creates the ability to differentiate the subtle nuances between a sus4 and 11th as well as the other chord extension notes you outlined. It would be intrigueing to hear Western music performed with "Just Intonation" after all the years of hearing music performed on our (compromised?) tempered 12 tone scale (I've always wondered what lay between the cracks of the piano keys (hahaha).



- Scott

California (SF Bay Area), USA


[This message has been edited by Scottyee (edited 10-08-2000).]